CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-9663

7.5 HIGH Published 2015-02-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-02-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The tt_cmap4_validate function in sfnt/ttcmap.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 validates a certain length field before that field's value is completely calculated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted cmap SFNT table.

Affected configurations

• freetype freetype (<= 2.5.3) • debian debian linux 7.0 • opensuse opensuse 13.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • fedoraproject fedora 20 • fedoraproject fedora 21 • oracle solaris 10.0 • oracle solaris 11.2 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.04 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux hpc node 6 • redhat enterprise linux hpc node 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux hpc node eus 7.1 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 6.6.z • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.1 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References